give the press more access

Have you ever turned on the news and seen a baby being murdered? Ever found out that a bomb had been set off and you hadn't found out on the news last night? Which angers you more? Believing what the press says nowadays is a matter of trust, and that has slowly been taken away from. Even the media doesn't have the rights they had, they don't have the rights they're entitled to have. Some say that it's because war is too gory... I think otherwise. Sure war is horrible but, they had no trouble with it back then. I say the government doesn't want some things found out.

In the first amendment it is written that the press has the freedom to go wherever they want, even if it endangers their lives! They used to say it was their problem whether or not they risk their lives, as long as they knew what was going on. Today, the government is taking away people's rights... even those of the media. I don't know why they try to keep the truth from us. Some say it's for our own safety, others like myself think that the truth is the truth, and no one can take that away from us. We as citizens, we have the right to know what the people we put in office are doing for or against us.

In the middle of World War II the newspapers and the radio were filled with talk of and American bombs ripping apart the human structure. Nothing was hidden from us. It might have been a horrible thing for children to hear about but hey, the adults taking care of them should've implications of war and massacre. I doubt they know the words I've just written. Still, for the sake of the children, we do have to keep them ignorant to the struggles of life. It's not their fault the world in which they were born into is so messed up.

These days, almost nothing can be kept hidden. Sure they say that it's top secret and we'll never find out... Wrong! Someone always has a loose tongue and spills everything a good feeling, to know the truth. It turns bad when you learned it by force, knowing that they tried to keep you from information that was vitally important to you as a person and citizen. Right now, it seems like the government is trying to play hide-and-seek with us. Hiding the truth and waiting for us to find out. It's a cruel game in which it's crucial for us, the people, to win. No one likes being kept back from things they want... normal citizens are no exception. We feel and rage just like any other person. One that doesn't just isn't human. We need to know! We can't be held back of things that are sorely needed to help our families and friends. The media is a safe way of finding out what's happening in the world. But now, we can't trust even them. We think that all that sprouts forth from their mouths are lies, edited by the gov. to keep something secret. And oftentimes... it is.

All I'm trying to say that the press should have more freedom. If they're willing to risk their lives to keep us informed, so be it. It's only fair to them and us. We wanted to be a free country, and to tell the truth, I don't see much freedom anymore. It's sad to see so many wrong things happening in the war, than being ignorant to them. I don't know about you but I don't want to end up like the dummies that don't believe that the holocaust happened. I want the truth, and now!